MECHANICS OF DEFORMABLE BODIES

(EMech 3)

COURSE OUTLINE

Lecturer:
Dr. Teresita L. Reyes
Textbooks:
Strength of Materials
- by Andrew Pytel and Joan Kiusalaas

BOOK NO. 1 BOOK NO. 2

 MECHANICS OF DEFORMABLE BODIES (EMech3)
(5 hours per week; 5 hours x 18 weeks= 90 hours in one semester)

COURSE OUTLINE

UNIT 1: SIMPLE STRESS

- Analysis of Internal Forces, Simple stress, Thin- walled Pressure Vessels = week 1
and week 2 = 10 hours

UNIT 2: SIMPLE STRAIN

- Stress and Strain Diagram, Hooke's Law and Axial Deformation, Poisson’s Ratio and
Shear Deformation, Statically Indeterminate Members, Thermal Stress = week 3 and
week 4 = 10 hours
UNIT 3: SHEAR AND BENDING MOMENTS IN BEAMS
- Classifications and Types of Beams, Types of Loads, Possible Failures of
Beams, Classifications of Steel Sections, Definitions of Shear and Bending
Moments; Relationship between Load, Shear, and Bending
Moment; Application Problems; Analysis of Moving Loads; and, Application
Problems = week 5, week 6 (First Term Examination), and week 7 = 15 hours
UNIT 4: STRESSES IN BEAMS
- Derivation of the Flexure Formula; Application Problems; Economical
Sections; Unsymmetrical Beams; Derivation of the Horizontal Shearing
Stress; Application Problems; Analysis of Beams for Flexure and Shear;
Analysis of Built-up Beams = week 8 and week 9 (2.5 hours) = 7.5 hours
UNIT 5: BEAM DEFLECTIONS
- Methods of Solving Beam Deflections: Double Integration Method, Area-
moment Method, Conjugate Beam Method, Superposition Method;
Deflection of Cantilever Beams, Deflection of Simple Beams;
Applications of Double Integration Method and Area- moment Method =
week 9 (2.5 hours), and week 10= 7.5 hours
UNIT 6: RESTRAINED BEAMS AND PROPPED BEAMS
- Applications of Double Integration Method, Area-moment Method, and
Superposition Method = week 11, week 12 (Second Term Examination),
and week 13 = 15 hours

UNIT 7: CONTINUOUS BEAMS

- Derivation of the Three Moment Equation; Applications of the Three
Moment Equation; Reactions of Continuous Beams; Shear and Bending
Moment Diagrams of Continuous Beams = week 14 = 5 hours
UNIT 8: TORSION
- Derivation of the Torsion Formulas, Application Problems = week 15= 5
hours

UNIT 9: COMBINED STRESSES

- Combined Axial and Flexure Stress; Variation of Stresses with Inclination
Elements; Stresses at a Point; Mohr's Circle; Kern at a Section = week 16
(2.5 hours) = 2.5 hours
UNIT 10: COMPOSITE BEAMS
- Beams of Different Materials; Flexural Stress of Composite Beams;
and, Analysis of Composite Beams = week 16 (2.5 hours) = 2.5 hours

UNIT 11: AXIALLY LOADED STEEL COLUMNS

- Classifications of Columns; Columns’ Supports; Effective Lengths of
Columns; Slenderness Ratio of Columns; Common Steel Sections used
for Columns; The Euler Formula; Application Problems = week 17 and
week 18 (Third Term Examination) = 10 hours